ON THE MELASTOMACE^* 
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Nat, Ord, M.^i.A^TOMAQ^m, Juss, 
Calyx monophyllus, tubulosus, basi niidus aut squamis 
cmctus. 
Petala 4-6, lata, in ore calycis margini annular! inserta^ 
in aestivatione involata, laciniis aut denticulis calycinis 
alterna. 
Stamina eidem margini inserta, declinata, definita, peta- 
lorum dupla: antliercE longae, lineares, carinatae, bilocu- 
lares, ssepius incumbentes, rostratse, semper apice poro aut 
foramine unico (in paucis gemino) Mantes, nunc basi nunc 
postlce filamentis affixa?, ad basin biauriculatoe vel processu 
calcarato instructas, sestivantes in vacuo inter calycem et 
ovarium directo dependentes, ad expiicationem assur- 
gentes. 
Pistillum unicum : ovarium calyce tectum, liberum 
aut ibidem connatum : stylus teres, saepius inctirvus : stig- 
ma simplex, integrum. 
Capsula calyce obvoluta, libera aut cum eo connata, in 
aliis baccata in aliis sicca, 8-6-locularis, (in Conostegid 8- 
locularis) : locidis polyspermis, medio rima oblonga dehis- 
centibus, nisi in Conostegid numero petalorum sequalibus. 
Placent(E 3-6, axi centrali adnatse, scrobiculatiE imbricate 
seminiferse, in haccatis carnosas et pul posse. 
Semijia oo, minuta, reniformia vel ovata aut oblonga : 
testa Crustacea, fragilis, in plerisque duplex ; interiore mem- 
branacea: alhu7rien i^uWum. 
^m6r7/o semini conformis modo arcuatus, modo rectus: 
cotyL breves, crassse, obtuse, applicatse, ssepe insequales: 
radicitla cylindracea, cotyledonibus iongior> 
